Question 1. Describe the three major types of criteria used in performance assessment and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Question 2. What are the sources of error in performance appraisal?
Question 3. What is the purpose of merit pay and what theories of motivation can we draw upon to support the concept of merit pay?
Question 4. What are the major problems associated with the implementation of merit pay?
Question 5. Describe the major developments in the rise of collective bargaining in the public sector and the reasons that collective bargaining in government is different from its counterpart in the private sector. How do those differences manifest themselves?